Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg Bicket ask so kindly :) >4. No one offered any ideas regarding the genesis of the >naming of the Leica lenses, and there must be someone else >whose curiousity is triggered by Angulon, Elmarit, >Summilux/cron,etc.; they don't correspond precisely >with focal lengths. >Anybody out there haveknowledge about the origins of >Leica lens naming? Was Elmar Ernst's uncle? So let's go: ELmax = Ernst Leitz + Max from Max Berek ELmar (new computation of the Elmax) Hektor : dog of Berek Rex (Summarex?!) : idem Noctilux : f/1 or f1,2 Summilux : f/1,4 Xenon : f/1,5 Summarit and Summarex : f/1,5 or f/2,4 (on Minilux ) Summar* : f/2 (*f/3,2 on Leica Mini 3) Summitar, Summicron : f/2 Thambar : f/2,2 Elmarit, Tele-Elmarit : f/2,8 Elmar : f/2,8, f/3,5, f/4, f/4,5 Summaron : f/2,8, f/3,5, f/5,6 Hektor :f/2,5, f/4,5 Telyt : Long Focal ot Tele Super-Angulon = Schneider name Hologon = Zeiss name Marc correct me if I'm wrong, Lucien